Jeri

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 98.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1956 · 893 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
22,637
since 1918

Jeri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jeri has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #299, 1956girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#8,94611
2023#8,48612
2022#12,2437
2021#15,2515
2020#7,21215
2019#6,17619
2018#6,52118
2017#7,84014
2016#10,8599
2015#10,8669
2014#10,9559
2013#11,9698
2012#6,87218
2011#7,78315
2010#7,21717
2009#5,89123
2008#6,13022
2007#5,23027
2006#4,57631
2005#4,11834
2004#5,20824
2003#4,41829
2002#4,28029
2001#2,88150
2000#2,59357
1999#2,70351
1998#2,33860
1997#2,10267
1996#2,08466
1995#2,00668
1994#1,62493
1993#1,75384
1992#1,434112
1991#1,383116
1990#1,364116#8,1175
1989#1,315119
1988#1,196126
1987#1,098138
1986#1,024148
1985#809203
1984#758213#6,3155
1983#797195
1982#746224
1981#768212#4,1539
1980#716234#4,1349
1979#665262
1978#652248#5,0596
1977#593291
1976#602265#5,5875
1975#568292
1974#537313
1973#516328#3,6948
1972#511337
1971#462437#3,9637
1970#457471
1969#436492
1968#436475#3,1078
1967#370599#3,2317
1966#387551#2,7849
1965#434473#3,2447
1964#408571#3,0508
1963#391604#2,67310
1962#376627#4,0335
1961#355717#4,0655
1960#348757#2,12115
1959#317858#1,97417
1958#313855#2,02616
1957#300915#2,49411
1956#299893#2,01516
1955#301845#2,13914
1954#302771#2,44911
1953#313683#2,28712
1952#317649#1,85617
1951#373473#2,8448
1950#404392#2,7708
1949#416358#2,6069
1948#460302#2,7888
1947#408392#2,49810
1946#425328#2,6908
1945#447252#1,58118
1944#513198#2,4679
1943#545189#3,5385
1942#503217#1,86715
1941#644122#2,8727
1940#80278#2,4789
1939#72787#2,4499
1938#82673
1937#89659#3,1756
1936#89458
1935#79872#3,2526
1934#1,09841
1933#1,14038
1932#1,26833
1931#1,59423
1930#1,93418
1929#2,19115
1928#3,4368
1927#3,5618
1926#3,04610
1925#3,11610
1924#2,66113
1923
1922#3,6558
1921
1920#4,3986
1919#4,8145
1918#3,5128
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Jeri! It came in at #3,512, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1921, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Jeri
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,986 spots since 2024 (#8,946#11,932)
  • 4,720 spots since 2020 (#7,212#11,932)
  • 1,066 spots since 2015 (#10,866#11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1935 (#1,098#798)
  • Biggest drop: 215 spots in 1986 (#809#1,024)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1956 at #299 (893 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1935–1985
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,235
  • Highest: 1 in 2,235 girls born in 1957 were named Jeri (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #299 in 1956, was only 1 in 2,248 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 32.4% of all girls named Jeri (7,334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s13#3,512 (1918)#4,163
1920s78#2,191 (1929)#3,258
1930s502#727 (1939)#1,118
1940s2,436#408 (1947)#516
1950s7,334#299 (1956)#324
1960s5,866#348 (1960)#394
1970s3,244#457 (1970)#556
1980s1,812#716 (1980)#923
1990s833#1,364 (1990)#1,879
2000s326#2,593 (2000)#4,533
2010s136#6,176 (2019)#8,706
2020s57#7,212 (2020)#10,678

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jeri in 1948

girls
#460
302 births · 1 in 5,622 girls
boys
#2,788
8 births · 1 in 219,327 boys

Top girls' names in 1948

  1. #1Linda96,220
  2. #2Mary68,597
  3. #3Barbara46,826
  4. #4Patricia46,140
  5. #5Susan35,988
  6. #6Sandra31,063
  7. #7Nancy29,411
  8. #8Carol28,977
  9. #9Sharon26,143
  10. #10Kathleen23,257
  11. #460Jeri302

Top boys' names in 1948

  1. #1James88,605
  2. #2Robert85,478
  3. #3John82,834
  4. #4William61,972
  5. #5David56,627
  6. #6Michael52,566
  7. #7Richard50,970
  8. #8Thomas43,780
  9. #9Charles38,676
  10. #10Ronald33,527
  11. #2,788Jeri8
More about 1948

girls

1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 5,622 of them was named Jeri, which outranked 92.4% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeri
  1. #457Amanda306
  2. #458Robyn305
  3. #459Estelle303
  4. #460Jeri302
  5. #460Winifred302
  6. #462Rosalyn299
  7. #463Eugenia298
  8. #463Teri298

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. 555Shawn#1,510#955
  2. 549Regena#1,488#939
  3. 491Regenia#1,255#764
  4. 460Mickie#1,228#768
  5. 413Shirleen#1,377#964
Fallers
  1. 408Michaele#859#1,267
  2. 358Marge#969#1,327
  3. 334Ilona#875#1,209
  4. 282Trudi#875#1,157
  5. 248Marylyn#909#1,157

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 219,327 of them was named Jeri, which outranked 33.6% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeri
  1. #2,608Wilmot9
  2. #2,608Windel9
  3. #2,608Woodard9
  4. #2,788Jeri8
  5. #2,788Addis8
  6. #2,788Adrain8
  7. #2,788Alfreddie8
  8. #3,010Aime7
  9. #3,010Alcario7
  10. #3,010Aleck7

Tied with 221 names at #2,788; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. 514Arnulfo#1,316#802
  2. 422Lucio#1,394#972
  3. 377Isidro#1,190#813
  4. 363Shawn#923#560
  5. 331Aurelio#1,233#902
Fallers
  1. 400Marshal#1,000#1,400
  2. 390Robby#906#1,296
  3. 333Frances#923#1,256
  4. 324Deane#836#1,160
  5. 321Lenwood#975#1,296

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1948